Labor attorney, human rights activist, and author Daniel Kovalik joins Misfits hosts John Kiriakou and Ben Zinevich to discuss the decision of Representative Lauren Boebert to switch her congressional district, the apparent confidence of Donald Trump given discussions of names for a second Trump cabinet, Nikki Haley’s blunder about comments made regarding the reason for the US Civil War, the Colorado GOP appealing the decision by their state’s supreme court to remove Trump from the ballot, and the return of the budget showdown in congress.
Editor of the PanAfrican Newswire Abayomi Azikiwe discusses turmoil in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a history of western-produced instability continues today, what is causing the current political upheaval within the Congo, analysis regarding last week's Congolese Presidential election, armed interventions by neighboring armed forces, and corruption scandals facing the cabinet of Congolese President Tshishekedi and how they play a role in this instability.
Author and journalist Daniel Lazare discusses Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Mexico, Mexican President’s comments on how US intervention in Latin America has led to the economic and political problems, the US sending the final shipment of weapons to Ukraine this week as opposition grows in Congress towards more military aid to Kiev, Biden officials suggesting a negotiated settlement in Ukraine, the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and recent drone attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Misfits also discuss Nikki Haley walking back comments on the civil war, and one of the longest-held political prisoners in the United States, Leonard Peltier.
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